“We have had a lot of possession in a lot of games but not been able to kill teams off,” he added.

“When you do that in the Premier League it’s really hard to contain sides for 90 minutes because you know there will be at least a 20-minute period where they will dominate.

“We went one-nil down. Earlier this season we might have conceded a second or third goal but we showed character and I thought the fans were brilliant. We’re just disappointed we couldn’t get the win.”